I am in the middle of house remodelling and I am wanting to install wet underfloor heating across a 128 square meter area but I have been told by my neighbour that it is really expensive to run and to look in to it.
He told me that it cost him £500 in heating oil in one month to run his...
Hi Guys, never used underfloor heating before but I'm doing one this week. Only 3 metre square, loose wire Prowarm on old but good condition floorboards.
The data sheet says no mention as such of Hardiebacker, we have some 6mm insulation boards on site already.
Is it Hardiebacker as normal...
I'm due to lay my first ufh system on a new build. It's 30m2 but prob 20m heated with 6mm insulation boards. How much do people charge per m2 to lay ufh
I've bin reading rather a lot on this subject as it will be the first time I've used ditra over ply with heating and I'd like some information fron the fellas who do this all the time
Much appreciated
I've got a job roughly 70 sqm it's on new 22mm ply with wet underfloor heating it's all solid and level I'm just concerned about cracking due to the expansion and contractions can u use ditra over underfloor heating on ply I know u can use the tile master mat and the bal rapid mat
Any tips and...
I touched on this topic the other day and I have come across it again pricing up a pro warm kit.
The 2.5m Mat 150w on there site - £165 with standard thermostat.
The same kit on eBay sold by them. £125!
Makes the 10% trade discount they offered me pretty pointless. Anyone else found this?
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Hi guys, I have a customer who wants to put electric underfloor of approx 3m2 into a 6m2 bathroom with a timber floor. No big problem there I hear you all say....lol.
The tiles they want to use are whats causing me some concern or rather the build up to the tiles I should say, they have picked...
I went to have a look at a job the other day, it was a underfloor heating job where about twenty tiles had started to come away from the floor with a few cracked ones. It's in a kitchen and the tiling has gone completely under the cupboards, the flooring has been down for about 10 years, I was...
Does any one know if Aqua defence is ok with electric heating matts?
Also, would you put the matt under the tanking and risk trapping in moisture or put the matt over the tanking membrane?
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I recently laid underfloor warm up style matt heating. Half is an old floor taken back to concrete. And half was a new screed laid a few months prior (according to customer) The floor was primed with the primer that was issued with the heating. The floor was then covered in flexible latex...
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I have installed underfloor heating on the first floor of my property . 15 loops that drop down a wall on the ground floor. As all of the loops drop down the wall can a manifold be installed on the wall upside down, or may this cause possible air locks. Is it best to extend a 12 port manifold to...
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Hi, I have to price up a job for tiling 40sqm of Marble tiling with underfloor heating on a concrete floor. The customer is providing backer boards and the underfloor heating only. I will be supplying the materials and doing all the labour. The tiles are 600x400 and 10mm thick. What would you...
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hi just wondering if u can run underfloor heating under a shower screen I know u can't put it under cabinets, toilets ect but wasn't sure about a shower screen thanks in advance guys
craig
Hi. Newby here. Looking for advice on UFH over cork tiles.
Just bought this house, previous owners have (6mm) cork tiles over laminate laid directly on concrete. I want to put electric UFH down, can I use it directly over the cork floor? Has anyone ever done E UFH directly on to cork flooring...
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Hi my bathroom has underfloor heating and i had some work done in bathroom and now its not heating up the control panel says it is bt nothing any help would be good
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Hi all, just looked at a job where the customer has fixed insulation boards in an upstairs bathroom and wants underfloor heating and then fixing ceramic floor tiles. Would the tiles be prone to cracking without a de-coupling system or should i quote for laying ditra matting?
I have a job approx 20 sq metres of limestone and customer wants underfloor heat mat builder using chipboard /caber flooring then plywood I was going to self level then use ditra but have seen new ditra heat advertised online but heard it expensive seems you just set in heat cable as per...
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I am doing a job for a customer which i have been dreading!!!. Tilling the floor of their ensuite loft room bathroom. The loft room has been recently built, and has been boarded with marine ply. My plan is to screw the ply every 100mm along each joist, (joist centres are 300m). I...
Had an interesting point come up this week.i was trying to put architect off using anhydrite screed and suggested that I could fix ditra on sand cement screed after approx 5 days. I know you could do earlier. Architect then asked how long you need to leave screed before putting on underfloor...
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